Stanton was the first employee at McCaw Cellular, the first wireless company (it later became AT&T Mobile) and later ran Voicestream (which became T-Mobile).

Stanton said Jobs talked to him fairly regularly about the idea of using Wi-Fi to bypass phone companies. Eventually Jobs gave up on the idea around 2007 and signed a U.S. exclusive with AT&T. This year, the iPhone finally added other U.S. carriers Verizon and Sprint.

It's an interesting insight into how Jobs thought, and it could play out again as Apple works on its rumored TV project.